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Free Classified Ads Business - a Lucrative Online Business
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...If you interested in online business like me, you might already noticed that one of the best things offered on the Net is free stuffs.
Many, if not most, online businesses today offer free products and services - either meant to attract customers, membership sign ups, or simply just that - free service for everyone.
Online Business offering free services - Always here to stay
The typical (and very lucrative!) business model on the Net today is to offer free services with the aim to attract a large number of visitors to your websites. When the time comes, the generated buzz and traffic are utilised to attract advertisers. If you wonder where all the online businesses offering free services get the revenue from, the answer is from the advertisers (some from premium services offered to members). The example of this type of online business is Facebook and AdBrite.
Another typical business model with the similar concept is to offer free services while growing the real assets of the business - subscribers, members, and the community. The end line, eventually, the business is meant to be sold to the blue chip companies - Google, Yahoo!, or the likes. The example of this type of online business is Feedburner and Blogger, both acquired by Google.
Free classified ads business - Lucrative?
The fore-father of all free classified ads online business is, of course, Craiglist.
Offering free listing for all, Craiglist is meant to be buzzed and heavily trafficked website. While no advertisement on sight, Craiglist does offer a listing for a fee for ads in certain region.
Similar to Craiglist of US, there is Gumtree, one of eBay’s classified ads sites.
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